Affordable Care Act offers options for student health insurance A poll released last week by Kaiser Health News found that 77% of young adults ages 18-25 say it is “very important to them personally to have insurance,” while 65% of those surveyed in the same age range say they are worried about how to pay medical bills for serious illnesses or accidents. (USA Today)

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Alex Friedrich reports on higher education issues for MPR News. Among the stories he has covered: the fall of the Berlin Wall, aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, collapse of the I-35W bridge in Minneapolis, 2003 Moscow suicide bombing and 2004 presidential elections in the Republic of Georgia. He holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Georgia and a master’s in European political economy from the London School of Economics.